Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/cilta
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This Proto-Finnic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence. |
Proto-Finnic
Etymology
From earlier *tilta, borrowed from Proto-Baltic *tílˀta (compare Latvian tilts, Lithuanian tiltas). A secondary meaning "floor" is found in Karelian, Ingrian, Votic and eastern dialects of Finnish, but this appears to be a late innovation.
Noun
*cilta[1]
Inflection
Inflection of *cilta
| Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility. | |||
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *cilta | *cildat | |
| accusative | *cildan | *cildat | |
| genitive | *cildan | *ciltadën *ciltoidën | |
| partitive | *ciltada | *ciltoida | |
| inessive | *cildassa *cildahna |
*cildoissa *cildoihna | |
| elative | *cildasta | *cildoista | |
| illative | *ciltahën | *ciltoihën | |
| adessive | *cildalla | *cildoilla | |
| ablative | *cildalta | *cildoilta | |
| allative | *ciltalën *ciltalëk |
*ciltoilën *ciltoilëk | |
| essive | *ciltana | *ciltoina | |
| translative | *cildaksi | *cildoiksi | |
| instructive | *cildan | *cildoin | |
| comitative | *ciltanëk | *ciltoinëk | |
| abessive | *cildatta | *cildoitta | |
Descendants
- Estonian: sild
- Finnish: silta
- Ingrian: silta
- Karelian:
- Livonian: sīlda
- Livvi: sildu
- Ludian: šild
- Veps: sild, siud, süud
- Võro: sild
- Votic: siltõ
- → Proto-Samic: *šëltē (see there for further descendants)
References
Further reading
- “sild”, in Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012
- Itkonen, Erkki, Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The Origin of Finnish Words] (in Finnish) (online version; note: also includes other etymological sources; this source is labeled "SSA 1992–2000"), Helsinki: Institute for the Languages of Finland/Finnish Literature Society, →ISBN